Reviews
Birth & Death
Scottish jazz saxophonist-composer Phil Bancroft founded the Myriad Streams label as a grass-roots alternative to the overwhelming choices of platforms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2024
Sunbird
On paper, it’s hard to imagine this works: 23-year-old bandleader Coll brings together musicians from disparate backgrounds that cover Moroccan...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: August/2024
Where Did You Go?
Having released their first EP way back in 2018, Sandman Project’s aptly titled first full-length Where Did You Go? poses...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: August/2024
Zouzou
After a quarter of a century living in France, Gnahoré recently returned to Cote d’Ivoire with two objectives. The first...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2024
Don’t Take My Soul
K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) is back with his third full-length release Don’t Take My Soul. The album focuses on some...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: September/2024
Fruta Madura
The Amsterdam-based Latin six-piece return for a second album of high tempo, impossible-not-to-love psychedelic electronica. Taking inspiration from retro Afro-Cuban...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2024
Sarda Sarda
This debut album was born of a serendipitous encounter in a tattoo studio between a record label’s talent scout and...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2024
Loud and Clear
Active for 20 years, Otava Yo are probably the most successful Russian band on the world music scene with their...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2024
